McCulloch Algebra

[Eccentric]

Lookin' mean Charles. Gonna be a bear to get lit.............but will be a fun ride once it's started. Clutch cover's too pretty though...:jester:

I'll get that handlebar out to you soon. Need to take a buncha packages to the post office next week.

 

[little possum]

Only thing fugly bout that saw is that it doesnt live in NC Nice work!

 

[rwoods]

Looks grrrreat! Ron

 

[Brian13]

I will bet it wont look so fugly when the view of it is distorted by all the chips flying:msp_thumbsup:.

 

[cpr]

Couldn't find a spring that would work in the parts pile so I bought one at the hardware store and modified it to work. All together and ready for gas tomorrow. Fingers crossed!

 

[rwoods]

CPR, the little red guy runs. I take that back: it screams. I have posted a question on how to control it in the kart thread. I hope you are meeting with better success. Ron

 

[cpr]

That's great news Ron!

Small successes here.

It doesn't run yet. Torn back down to sort a lack of spark, LOL! It's a Mac, it'll run when it wants to!

I was worried about the oiler system, too. Primed with WD40 and a now-sore thumb, the manual pump is working nicely. Hope the auto kicks well, too. That's a lot of bar to keep lubed.

This project has taken me forever, but fact is, I have a new job that is beyond full time, 3 little kids, and several other activities I have a very heavy involvment with. I love the saws and the commaraderie of you guys, but shop time comes in 30 minute bursts here and there. I relish it when I get the time, indeed probably the wrenching and planning and searching for parts even more than the completion.

This one will come on as will the other half of this thread and I think Ron will beat me to getting that one done. I hope in the future we get to set about at a GTG, run them, and down a cold one.

Thanks for watching this, it's a fun ride and I can't wait to join the kart-saw club.

 

[leeha]

You will get it done Charles. It all takes time.
Your family priorities are most important.
When the saw gets done, we will still be here.




Lee

 

[rwoods]

That's great news Ron!

Small successes here.

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This one will come on as will the other half of this thread and I think Ron will beat me to getting that one done. I hope in the future we get to set about at a GTG, run them, and down a cold one.

Thanks for watching this, it's a fun ride and I can't wait to join the kart-saw club.

Don't count yourself out yet. Small steps forward added together. And I'm great at building stuff in my head and taking stuff apart just to sit while I stew over the details. Right now I can't find enough room for my double pumper to fit. I'm thinking through a wedge spacer for the intake to get the carb in to the tank openning but tilt it back away from the edge - check out how much Ozflea cut out of his saw for his carb to fit. My carb is thicker than his.

As to your other distractions, they are usually more important than saws.

Ron

 

[cpr]

Well, it runs on a prime. Had the flywheel off twice and 2 ignition modules before the process found the condensor lacking. Kill switch isn't working, but that's easy to tackle.

It won't stay going so I pulled the carb down again. I'm thinking that 1 issue is that high side check valve sticking. I don't think I have another large welch plug to go in there, so it's soaking for now. I am further concerned at how quickly this thing pressurized the tank. I popped the line off at the tank wall and fuel came out like a fire hose. It was cold so it isn't a heat thing. Weird... Never had one do that before.

BTW, I checked the compression again and it is right at 185. Wouldn't want to drop start it, but it isn't all that bad, really.

Oh, and what Bermuda Triangle sort of thing is it about shops that you can stand in a 30 sqft space with nothing in it except yourself, drop a nut, and it dissappears? Seriously, my concrete should have rust stains from all the Fe it has eaten!

 

[cpr]

Well, after the Lions lost, I flipped to the Indycar race. Prayers to Dan Wheldon's family and Indycar, he was a fine man. With my motorsports background, things like that hit close to the vest for me. The fact we were the same age and he leaves a wife and little ones is sad, even though we all know the risks.

I headed for the shop since I didn't really feel like being around anyone.

The Good: It idles easily, accelerates extremely hard, and I learned how to start a primerless/chokeless Mac.

The Bad: Ran out of daylight to finish tuning.

The Ugly: Not sure about that high side flowing right just yet. The only WFO rip I gave it to see where it was sent the tach rocketing through 14000 very, very fast. I'll have to pull the shatback again and check things out one more time.

This thing is psychotic. My Huskies wish they had off-idle response like this. Kartsaw :biggrin:.

 

[RandyMac]

Oh yeah! I had a 797 that was indeed psychotic. I used it as a bucking saw, sometimes I waited to see if a spray of alloy mist was going to gout from the muffler. You will need lots of oil flow, I almost turned an oil wet chain blue bucking a big DF, hit a huge dry knot lengthwise.

 

[cpr]

Hey Randy, good to hear from you!

Yeah, had a lake of bar oil under the saw and over spray on the table (20" bar right now is easier to wrestle for tuning than the 48, LOL) and for all that, the WFO rips had the chain moving so fast (8-pin) the oil would smoke off.

Not sure if I'll get to it this week. Busy, per normal, and a 3-day indoor national antique pull next weekend. Giddy-up!

 

[RandyMac]

Beef up the bar oil, use something thick and sticky like Powerpunch or STP.

 

[Brian13]

Was hoping to see a video. Oh well sounds like things are moving in the right direction. Good luck getting the kinks ironed out.

 

[leeha]

I just watched the video's of the Indy Race crash. OH MY GOD.
Never seen anything like it. The one car flew like an airplane. I
think it was Dan's. Yes, Prayers sent to his family and friends.
What a tragic loss.

Sounds like your heading in the right direction with the saw.
I do know one thing, The kart saws have blistering throttle
response. The 101 powered SP125 i just got runs awsome
and throttles up quick. Got to play with it a bit at the Maine
GTG and it's a true power house. A fun saw to run.




Lee

 

[heimannm]

I'm having fun just watching, keep up the good work guys.

Mark

 

[cpr]

Yes, Lee. 2nd of 3 cars to go airborne and the most violent. It went cockpit first into the catchfence and it appeared as though the carbon-fiber roll-hoop was damaged. Details aren't known right now, but some sort of neck fracture or basular skull fracture (what killed my hero, Earnhardt) is highly likely.

Talking it out makes me feel better. No one here "gets" how it hurts. We've come so far, but...

Dammit! Any other angle of impact, he lives. How do we stop it? Closed cockpits from now on? They're debuting a totally new car for 2012. While the rear bumper may help stop the wheel-over-wheel launch it doesn't address the impact that killed him. :msp_sad:.

 

[little possum]

You guys are bad for my CAD!

Nice M! You shoulda came down for the NTPA pulls down here the past 2 weeks I know its probably not a big deal up there. But its nice to watch some people run things like they are supposed to be ran. Better hook up times, and track maintanence.

 

[cpr]

I get it, LP. Y'all start earlier than we do and run later than we do. Lucky b@$tards .

Credit for the M goes to David Thompson, Jr. He just let me "guide" it...